Search Results: Books on Books from Carnegie Hill Books

Philadelphia, PA: Lanston Monotype Machine Company n.d., [1936]. Quarto. 16 pp. Stapled wraps with titles. Very good, light fading to edges of covers. Bruce Rogers explains the process of designing the typography and layout of the Oxford Lectern Bible.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Japan Paper Company, 1920. Octavo. 50 pp; frontispiece. Vellum-backed boards with blind-stamp decoration and gilt titles, edges untrimmed, in slipcase. VG+, light toning to spine & bottom corner lightly bumped; slipcase with one corner rubbed through, else minor edgewear. Printed letterpress on hand-made rag paper. Contains a catalogue of an exhibition held by the American Institute of Graphic Arts at the National Arts Club, NY in 1920. Judges for this exhibition include Goudy, Updike, Goodhue, Ruzicka, Rollins, Rogers, etc., and this volume may be considered a precursor of the catalogues for the yearly "Fifty" Books exhibitions. Bibliographic descriptions are given for each item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

NY: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Clarkson Potter, 2009. Octavo. 319 pp; heavily illustrated with color photographs. Hardcover with dustjacket. A new, unused copy. With inspiring photographs of tile installations from Montauk to Morocco, an extensive resource guide, and expert advice from architects, designers, homeowners, and tile manufacturers, the book is an indispensable and comprehensive resource.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1970. First edition. 6" x 4.25". 25 pp; color illustrations by Tim Gaydos. Stapled wraps. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; minor wear to extremities. The text was adapted from Chapter III of the author's biography of Andrew Carnegie.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Pocopson, PA: The Font ca. 1960. Book catalog. Octavo. 39 pp. Paperback. Out of stock list and return envelope laid in. VG. About 6 of the items are checked off in the margin with pen, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Norwich: Michael Russell, 1997. Octavo. 208 pp; 8 pp of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, small gift inscription on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy. The wartime letters between Heywood Hill, who had opened his bookshop in Curzon Street in 1936, and his wife Anne. He was suddenly called up in December 1942, and Anne, already four months pregnant, was left to cope, much helped by Nancy Mitford. The book is edited by Anne's nephew Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing Co., 1971. Octavo. 501 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, no jacket as issued. VG, ex-library copy, a sound, lightly used copy, top corner of front flyleaf clipped, library stamp at base of title page.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 481-628; 1 color & several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1938. Octavo. pp 335-476; several b/w illustrations. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; old dampstain at bottom edge of front & rear covers, bottom edge of first 25 pp shows minor wrinkling; else covers clean & unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 159-310; several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled, light stain along bottom edge of rear cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Facts on File, 1993. First edition. Octavo. 250 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This is the first popular bibliography of gardening literature. More than 3000 annotated entries describe all types of gardening books, from gardening anthologies and personal narratives to the vast array of how-to titles.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First printing. Quarto. xi, 189 pp; 50 full-page color plates; comprehensive bibliography; appendix to the new edition; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1971. First edition. Twelvemo. 151 pp. Cloth binding. numerous strokes in the checklist margins. VG-. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Garden City, NY: Privately Printed, 1930. Octavo. unpaginated. Fold-out frontispiece by Chester Price, b/w plates throughout; list of offices and bookstores. Original blue cloth with gilt rules and titles on cover. VG, minor wear to corners, crown bumped. Views of Country Life Press in Garden City, NY; Windmill Press in Kingswood, Surrey, England; 99 Great Russell St in London; and Amen House in Toronto, Canada.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Philadelphia: The Royal Electrotype Company, 1915. Twelvemo. 35 pp; 2 b/w photos. Cloth-backed boards. VG, corners worn, light wear at top & bottom of spine. Former owner name on front free flyleaf - Richard N. Moore, 1916, Providence, R.I.". Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Doubleday, 1949. Quarto. 16 pp; full of b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG, short (1-in.) tear at base of spine, minor rubbing to spine, light cup ring on front cover. "Tributes to Nelson Doubleday" by Kenneth Roberts, Edna Ferber, W. Somerset Maugham, Daphne du Maurier, Thomas B. Costain and Daniel Longwell : p. 2". First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1977. Oblong quarto. 75 pp; full of b/w photographs. Dark gray cloth with gilt-stamped titles on burgundy labels with original glassine jacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp clean copy; glassine has several short tears. Edition of 2000 copies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

NY: The Authors Club, 1922. Octavo; 175 pp. Quarter-cloth and paper covered boards with spine label and raised bands. VG- Cloth slightly soiled. Includes a program for an Authors Club New Year's Eve event 1923/1924, a Proxy request from the board of the AC and a note about proposed amendments to the AC constitution.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: I. B. Tauris & Company, 2003. Octavo. 325 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG+/VG+, -almost near fine-. Zwemmer's was a meeting place for a cross-section of the art world - artists, collectors, academics and laymen - attracted by a range of books covering all arts of all periods. Anton Zwemmer was a friend and patron of many leading artists, from Picasso to Wyndham Lewis.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.